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KW9 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 149 road traffic collisions in the KW9 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 249 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 42 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
149
2,611th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
249
1.67 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
42
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KW9

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal96%
  • Serious4228%
  • Slight9866%

What the data shows

  • KW9 had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in KW9 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in KW9 are between noon and 3pm, with 19% of collisions.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in KW9, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where KW9 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,611th
Most casualties
2,594th
Most fatal collisions
2,449th
Most serious collisions
2,602nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (18%)
  • Tuesday20 (13%)
  • Wednesday13 (8.7%)
  • Thursday24 (16%)
  • Friday19 (13%)
  • Saturday31 (21%)
  • Sunday15 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight95 (64%)
  • Dark, no street lighting35 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (7.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway146 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph33 (22%)
  • 40 mph6 (4%)
  • 60 mph110 (74%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds97 (65%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other15 (10%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant203 (82%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (6.8%)
  • Pedestrian14 (5.6%)
  • Cyclist9 (3.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.8%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KW9 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KW9, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KW9 peaked at 12 in 1991; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202316
202200
202122
202011
201933
201822
201723
201633
201522
201400
201325
201244
201111
201056
200934
200836
200733
200656
200534
200426
2003712
200237
200167
200022
199969
199878
199766
199636
199514
199426
199323
1992612
19911226
199045
1989513
198824
198711
198600
198547
198423
198323
198213
1981815
198069
1979310

Map of recent crashes in KW9

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KW9

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KW9

The 24 most recent collisions in KW9 happened between 10 January 2011 and 19 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in KW9

Of the 149 collisions in KW9, 132 were on the A9.

Collisions in KW9 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9132226937

Council area for KW9

KW9 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KW9 accounts for 0.5% of them.